Longtime volunteer Michael Mayer-Kielmann passed away on Dec. 9, 2018. Additional details can be found on the German Mentors page (scroll to bottom of that page).

What's New?

GIACR – SGGS has just purchased six additional volumes of the Germans Immigrants in American Church Records series for donation to the Sacramento FamilySearch Library. Scroll to the bottom of this page for more information.
Connections Message Board – Within the next two weeks, a message board will be created on this website allowing members communicate with each other. Once it is operational, an announcement will be emailed to all members. posted Jan 19, 2019
New DB Index – Shirley Riemer just completed an update to the Der Blumenbaum index, now posted on the Society Documents page in the members-only section. This new version is current to Volume 36, Number 2 (Oct. 2018).
The SGGS Blog – SGGS now has its own Blog! Marilyn Simleness, the new Membership Director, wanted to find a way to reach out to more of our members in an interactive way. It is in its infancy, but our new blog has great potential for growing our organization, welcoming new members, and responding to concerns or questions of our members. At first, posts will be made on a weekly basis. We hope you will take the time to check out The SGGS Blog!
German Mentors have Returned! – SGGS is working with the Sacramento FamilySearch Library (Eastern Ave.) to restart the Thursday afternoon German mentor program there. With one volunteer currently available, the first session occurred 1 to 4 pm Thursday Sept. 27. And repeats every 4th Thursday. Additional weeks will be added if additional mentors can be recruited.
German Bookshelves at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library – Images of the books at that library are now posted. Photos were taken July 21, 2018.

GIACR Project

"This series is one of the most important, most professional, immigrant identification databases published in the last 100 years."

Publisher Lewis Bunker Rohrbach

Since 2005, Dr. Roger Minert and his group at Brigham Young University have been transcribing, indexing and publishing German-American church records in a series of volumes called German Immigrants in American Church Records [GIACR]. A current list is presented below. All are Protestant records.

This table will be updated as new volumes become available. Revised: Jan. 19, 2018 rh

On the shelf at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library	Available for purchase and soon to be provided by SGGS to the Sacramento FamilySearch Library	Future Volumes
Vol. 1: Indiana Vol. 2: Wisconsin Northwest Vol. 3: Wisconsin Northeast Vol. 4: Wisconsin Southwest Vol. 5: Wisconsin Southeast Vol. 6: Nebraska Vol. 7: Iowa West Vol. 8: Iowa Northeast Vol. 9: Iowa Southeast Vol. 10: Illinois North Vol. 11: Illinois, Cook County and Chicago Vol. 12: Illinois Central Vol. 13: Illinois South Vol. 14: Illinois St. Clair County Vol. 15: Michigan, excluding Detroit Vol. 16: Detroit, Part I Vol. 17: Detroit, Part II Vol. 18: Minnesota, North & South Dakota Vol. 19: Missouri (excluding St. Louis city & county)	Vol. 20: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City I Vol. 21: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City II Vol. 22: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City III Vol. 23: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City IV Vol. 24: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City V Vol. 25: Missouri, St. Louis County, St. Louis City VI	May 2019: Vol. 26: Ohio Vol. 27: Ohio

This project has been funded by Brigham Young University and some private donors. Unfortunately, said funding has lapsed beginning 2016. So last year SGGS provided a donation to help sustain their 2016 operation and appealed to readers of Der Blumenbaum to do the same. Click here to view a thank-you from the project staff. As volumes became available, SGGS has been purchasing one of each for the Sacramento FamilySearch Library (on Eastern Ave).

For SGGS members, more information can be found on page 11 of your July 2015 issue of Der Blumenbaum. But the donation instructions in that article turned out to be incorrect. If you would like to make a personal donation to this project, mail a check payable to "Religious Education BYU" to the following address. Be sure to also mention you're donating to the GIARC project.

Prof. Roger P. Minert

270K JSB BYU

Provo, UT 84602-5669

Some GIACR volumes are sold by SGGS at its meetings. Online sources follow.

Click here for Family Roots Publishing (expected to be the new supplier).

Interested in Helping SGGS?

Click here to visit the volunteer opportunities page.

Click here to visit the organizational structure page.

Upcoming Events

Jan 22

"Visiting Your Ancestral Village" by Ken Cutkomp

Tuesday, January 22: "Visiting Your Ancestral Village" by Ken Cutkomp St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 2391 St. Marks Way, Sacramento - MacMurdo Hall At 12:15 on Tuesday at the end of our study groups, you can have cake and eat it – courtesy of volunteer, Annie Brenneis. This special celebration will recognize our two January presenters, Ingeborg Carpenter and Kent Cutkomp, on their election as the President and First Vice President of the International German Genealogy Partnership Board of Directors. At 1 pm. Kent Cutkomp will address what you need to know and do when visiting your ancestral village ...

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Feb 26

"California County Registers" by Marilyn Simleness

SGGS will hold its Study Group at 11 am followed by the general meeting at 1 pm. Details will be posted soon.

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Mar 26

Speaker & Topic not yet identified

SGGS will hold its Study Group at 11 am followed by the general meeting at 1 pm. Details will be posted soon.

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